Maybe what we need is a good Christian Persecution

We all know about the early days of Christianity. It was an illegal religion. Believers were arrested, tortured, and executed is the most barbaric manners. Something strange about it though. The Christians who were persecuted went to their deaths praising God. 

Today Christians in the US are not persecuted. Not only is freedom of worship guaranteed by law, but we can be totally open about our faith without fear. Just one problem, we don't praise God as much as we complain. We whine like babies every time we don't get our way. We whine every time someone criticisms us, even if we deserve it. We whine when we don't get to make the laws to suit us. We whine because non-Christians have rights too. We whine when we have to sacrifice for our faith. I wonder what the early Christian martyrs will say to us. I wonder what He who died for our sins will say to us.

I'm not suggesting a return to the "bad old days", but maybe it would be good if one could no longer claim to be a Christian without the understanding that it is going to cost us something. What if we were in the minority.   Maybe then we would offer our sacrifices to God without complaint and with joy. Maybe then we would be more certain about what we believe. Either Christ would be worth giving our lives to, regardless of the cost, or He isn't. Its do or not, no half way.